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Biology
1 Cells and movements across membranes
1 Microscopes and cells
2 Specialised cells and body organisation
3 Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
5 Enzymes
2 Respiration and the respiratory system in humans
  9 Aerobic and anaerobic respiration

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10 The respiratory system and breathing 1
12 The respiratory system and breathing 2
13 Smoking and the lungs
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Digestion and the digestive system in humans
15 The process of digestion
15 Digestion of different food molecules
16 The digestive system
17 Digestive enzymes
18 The absorption of food, and diet
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4 The circulatory system in humans
22 Blood and the circulatory system
24 The heart
26 Arteries, veins and capillaries
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26 Cardiovascular disease
5 Plants and photosynthesis
30 Introduction to photosynthesis
32 More about photosynthesis
6 Ecosystems, nutrient cycles and human impact
on the environment
35 Energy flow in the environment
35 Trophic levels
36 Ecological pyramids
38 Pollution
7 The variety of life
42 Classification and biodiversity
44 Biodiversity and stability
45 Getting data about biodiversity − sampling

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  46 Getting data about biodiversity − animal populations
 47 Animal populations, alien species and biological control
8 Cell division and stem cells
 50 Genes, chromosomes, cell division and stem cells
 53 Mitosis and meiosis
9 DNA and inheritance
 54 DNA and genes
 55 Genetic profiling and inheritance

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 58 Gender and genetic modification
10 Variation and evolution
 62 Variation and inherited disease
 66 Evolution
 66 Natural selection
 68 Mapping the human genome
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11 Response and regulation
 70 The nervous system and coordination
 72 Homeostasis
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12 Microorganisms and disease
 78 Basics of microbiology
 79 Growing microorganisms
 79 The immune system
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 80 Antigens, antibodies and vaccination

 81 Superbugs

Chemistry
13 The nature of substances and chemical reactions
 83 Elements and compounds
 86 Chemical data and percentage composition of compounds
 91 Chemical calculations
 92 Yields and moles
14 Atomic structure and the Periodic Table
 95 Atoms and isotopes
 97 Electronic structure and the Periodic Table
 99 Group 1 and Group 7
101 Reactivity of halogens

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 15 Water
106 Drinking water
108 Fluoridation, desalination and distillation
109 Solubility curves, hard and soft water
16 The ever-changing Earth
114 Structure and appearance
116 Earth’s atmosphere
119 Earth’s atmosphere 2
17 Rate of chemical change

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122 Measuring the rate of a reaction
124 Explaining the rate of a reaction
125 Using a catalyst
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18 Bonding, structure and properties
130 Metals and ionic compounds
133 Ionic and covalent compounds
135 Giant covalent compounds and their properties






137 Modern materials
139 Smart materials
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19 Acids, bases and salts
142 pH
142 Reactions of metals with acids
144 Neutralisation reactions
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145 Titrations
145 Testing for a sulfate
145 Preparing soluble salts
147 Identifying chemicals
20 Metals and their extraction
152 Metals, ores and reactivity
154 Extracting metals from their ores
155 Transition metals
156 Electrolysis
156 Properties and uses of metals
157 Alloys
21 Chemical reactions and energy
163 Making and breaking bonds

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 22 Crude oil, fuels and organic chemistry
168 Oil and the oil industry
171 Fuels
173 Alkanes and alkenes
174 Isomerism and plastics

Physics
23 Electric circuits
178 Common circuit symbols

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178 Current
179 Voltage
179 Using electrical circuits in the home
180 Investigating current and voltage
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182 Combining resistors in series and parallel
182 Electrical power
24 Generating electricity
185 Advantages and disadvantages of generating
electricity from different primary sources of energy
187 Comparing the cost
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188 Generating electricity in a fuel-based power station
188 Why do we need the National Grid?
189 Electrical power
190 Sankey diagrams
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190 Efficiency
25 Making use of energy
195 Conduction, convection and radiation
195 Applying density
196 Insulation
197 Units of energy – the kilowatt-hour
197 Heating and transport costs
26 Domestic electricity
201 How much does it cost to run?
202 a.c. or d.c.?
202 Using mains electricity safely
204 Micro-generation of domestic electricity

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 27 Features of waves
208 Transverse and longitudinal waves
208 How do we describe waves?
209 Calculating wave speed, frequency and wavelength
209 What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
210 Reflection of waves
211 Refraction of waves
213 Communicating using satellites
28 Distance, speed and acceleration

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217 Describing motion
217 Graphs of motion
218 Stopping distances
29 Newton’s laws
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222 Inertia and Newton’s first law of motion
222 Resultant forces and Newton’s second law of motion
223 Falling objects






223 Interaction paris
30 Work and energy
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227 Work
227 Gravitational potential energy
227 Kinetic energy
228 Total energy
228 Storing energy in springs
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229 Work, energy and vehicles

31 Stars and planets
232 The scale of the Universe
233 Stellar lifecycles and the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram
32 Types of radiation
240 Inside the nucleus
240 Nuclear radiation
241 Stability of the nucleus
242 Nuclear equations
242 Background radiation
243 Monitoring and measuring radioactive decay
243 Nuclear waste

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 33 Half-life
247 Radioactive decay and probability
247 Half-life
248 Using radioactivity

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 4 The circulatory system in
humans

Blood and the circulatory system

The human circulatory system transports materials around the body. It
is filled with a liquid (blood) which can carry all the essential materials.
The blood is pumped around the system by the heart, through a series of
blood vessels.

Substances transported by the blood

l Digested food is transported from the digestive system to all parts of
the body, in the blood plasma.

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l Oxygen is transported from the lungs to the body in the red blood cells.
l Carbon dioxide, produced in respiration is transported to the lungs,
where it is breathed out.
l Wastes are transported to the kidneys for excretion.
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l Hormones (chemical messengers which regulate processes in the
body) are transported in the plasma.
The blood is also important in fighting pathogens (microorganisms
which cause disease) and in maintaining body temperature.

Blood
Blood is made up of the following parts:
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l Plasma. The liquid part of the blood which transports water soluble
substances (e.g. digested food, carbon dioxide, urea, salts and hormones).
l Red blood cells. These are responsible for the transport of oxygen,
attached to the red pigment haemoglobin.
l White blood cells. These cells are not involved in transport, but fight
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diseases as part of the immune system.

l Platelets. These are cell fragments that help the blood to clot.

(a) (b) Engulfed

bacterium
Side

Surface

Nucleus Cell membrane

Figure 4.1 Structure of (a) a red blood cell and (b) a phagocyte (a type of
white blood cell).
Figure 4.1 shows the structure of red and white blood cells. The essential
features of the two types of blood cell are listed.

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 Red blood cells

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l They are biconcave discs – round and f lattened, with a central
indentation. This shape increases the surface area for absorption of
oxygen, compared with a rounded shape.
l They contain the red blood pigment haemoglobin, which absorbs oxygen.
l They have lost their nucleus, which allows more haemoglobin to be
packed into their cytoplasm.

White blood cells

l They can change shape and can also move. This allows them to ingest
bacteria and squeeze through tiny gaps in capillary walls to enter the
tissue f luid to fight infection.
l There are different types of white blood cell which do different
jobs. Some (phagocytes) ingest bacteria, others are involved in the
production of antibodies.

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The circulatory system
The blood is pumped through the circulatory system by the heart, and
moves around the body in blood vessels called arteries, veins and
capillaries. It travels through the blood vessels in the following sequence:
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heart → arteries → capillaries → veins → heart
A simplified structure of the circulatory system of a mammal is shown in
Figure 4.2.

Lung capillaries
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Pulmonary
artery Pulmonary vein
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Aorta

Vena cava Heart

Capillaries in an organ

Figure 4.2 Structure of the circulatory system of a mammal. The arrows

show the direction of blood flow.

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 The circulatory system in mammals is referred to as a double
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circulation, because, in any one complete circuit of the body, the blood Oxygenated blood: blood
with a high level of oxygen
travels through the heart twice. The heart is divided into two halves:
in it.
l The left half receives oxygenated blood from the lungs, and pumps it
to the rest of the body. De-oxygenated blood: blood
l The right half receives de-oxygenated blood from the body and which has had most of the
pumps it back to the lungs. oxygen removed by the
tissues.
Figure 4.2 shows the two circulations.
l The pulmonary circulation takes blood to and from the lungs.
l The systemic circulation takes blood to and from the body.

Now test yourself

1 Name the two important gases which are transported by the blood.
2 Which part of the blood helps with clotting?
3 How does the lack of a nucleus help red blood cells perform their
function?
4 Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?

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5 Which two organs does blood travel through in the pulmonary
circulation?

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The heart
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Blood is moved around the body by the pumping of the heart. The heart is
made of muscle, which, when it contracts, applies a force to the blood and
pushes it out into the arteries. The exterior of the heart is shown in Figure
4.3. The outside of the heart has its own blood supply, via the coronary
artery. Even though the heart is filled with blood, the muscular walls are
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so thick that the outside needs a separate blood supply. The blood supplies
the nutrients and oxygen that the heart needs to keep beating.

Aorta
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Pulmonary artery

Pulmonary vein

Branches of
coronary artery

Branches of
coronary vein

Vena cava

Figure 4.3 Exterior view of the human heart.

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 Figure 4.4 shows the way in which blood f lows through the heart. The

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right side of the heart deals with de-oxygenated blood and the left side
with oxygenated blood. Another difference is that the left ventricle has
a much thicker wall than the right ventricle, because it has to pump blood
all around the body, whereas the right ventricle only has to pump blood
to the lungs (which are very close to the heart). Notice that the right and
left sides of the heart refer to the right and left of the person whose heart
it is, not the viewer’s right and left.

De-oxygenated The semi-lunar valves stop blood Oxygenated blood is

blood is pumped flowing back into the ventricles. pumped to the body
to the lungs through through the aorta.
the pulmonary artery.

Right side Left side

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Oxygenated blood
De-oxygenated blood enters the left atrium
enters the right atrium via the pulmonary
via the vena cava vein from the lungs.
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valves (the bicuspid
valve on the left side
of the heart and the
tricuspid valve on the
right side of the heart)
De-oxygenated blood prevent blood flowing
Oxygenated blood from the ventricle
back into the atrium.
Direction of blood flow
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Figure 4.4 Blood flow through the heart. Functions of the heart and
blood vessels.

Valves and one-way flow in the heart

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Blood must f low through the heart in one direction only, from the atria
to the ventricles and then out of the arteries at the top. Ensuring one-
way f low is the job of the valves. The atrioventricular (bicuspid and
tricuspid) valves between the atria and the ventricles stop backf low from
the ventricles into the atria, and the semilunar valves at the beginning of
the aorta and the pulmonary artery make sure that blood that has left the
heart is not sucked back when the heart relaxes.
l Blood f lows through the heart in the following way (the left side is
used in this example).
l Oxygenated blood f lows into the left atrium via the pulmonary vein
from the lungs.
l The left atrium contracts, forcing the bicuspid valve open so that blood
goes into the left ventricle.
l The left ventricle contracts, which forces the bicuspid valve shut but
opens the semilunar valve.
l Blood f lows out of the heart via the aorta.

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  6 Which blood vessel supplies the outside of the heart with food and oxygen?
  7 Which side of the heart deals with de-oxygenated blood?
  8 Why does the left ventricle have a thicker wall than the right ventricle?
  9 Which two blood vessels have semilunar valves at their base?
10 Which blood vessel brings blood back to the heart from the main part of the body?

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Arteries, veins and capillaries

There are three types of blood vessel in the body – arteries, veins and Exam tip
capillaries. Arteries carry blood away from the heart at high pressure, A common mistake in exams
because the beating of the heart puts pressure on the blood. is to say that ‘capillaries
The capillaries are very small and there are a very large number in each are one cell thick’. That is

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organ. It is in the capillaries that exchange of materials occurs. Oxygen incorrect – it is their walls
and nutrients are delivered to the cells and waste products (including that are one cell thick.
carbon dioxide) are picked up. Capillaries are very narrow and so the
blood f lows slowly through them. This, and the fact that there are so
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many of them, means that a lot of materials can be exchanged.
The capillaries eventually discharge their blood into veins, which take it
back to the heart.

Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common cause of death. CVD
includes all the diseases of the heart and the circulatory system,
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including:
l Coronary heart disease
l Heart attacks
l Angina
l Strokes
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CVD is usually linked to a process called atherosclerosis (Figure 4.5).

This is the build-up of a substance called plaque in the walls of the
arteries. Atherosclerosis has a number of effects.
l It makes it more difficult for blood to f low through the arteries, which
means that the heart needs to work harder.
l It can block smaller arteries, depriving the tissues they supply of
oxygen and nutrients. If this happens in the coronary artery, a heart Exam tip
attack can result.
l A blockage in the coronary artery can cause pains in the chest, a
Cardiovascular disease is
not an alternative term for a
condition known as angina.
heart attack. A heart attack
l The slower f low of blood makes it more likely that a clot will form,
is one (of several) forms of
which can also block off blood vessels and cause a heart attack. If the CVD.
blockage happens in the brain, a stroke can result.

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Artery wall

Artery cross-section
Normal
blood flow

Narrowing of artery
Plaque Plaque

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Narrowed artery
Restricted
blood flow
Figure 4.5 The process of atherosclerosis.
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Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease
The following are known risk factors for CVD. Some can be avoided by
adopting a healthier lifestyle, but others cannot:
l High blood pressure – High blood pressure means that your heart is
having to work harder than is ideal, which puts a strain on both your
heart and your blood vessels. One cause of high blood pressure is a diet
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that is too high in salt.
l Smoking – Tobacco smoke contains carbon monoxide, which limits
how much oxygen the blood can absorb. To get the right amount of
oxygen to the tissues, the heart needs to work harder. Smoking can
also lead to high blood cholesterol (see below).
l High blood cholesterol – One form of cholesterol is the substance
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that forms plaques in the artery walls, so a high-cholesterol diet can

increase the likelihood of atherosclerosis. A high-cholesterol diet is
one that contains too much saturated fat (which the body converts into
cholesterol).
l Diabetes – Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes increase the risk of
CVD.
l Being overweight or obese – Excess weight causes a build-up of fat
around the organs including the heart. The heart has to work harder to
provide the energy to move the extra bulk around.
l Lack of exercise – Exercise improves the condition of the heart and
helps to avoid becoming overweight or obese.
l A family history of heart disease – Having close relatives with
heart disease increases the risk of CVD, suggesting that a person’s genes
can make heart disease more, or less, likely.
l Ethnic background – People of a South Asian or African Caribbean
ethnicity have a statistically higher risk of CVD than people from other
ethnic backgrounds.

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 Now test yourself
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11 Why do veins need valves?

12 Why do arteries have thick walls?
13 What is atherosclerosis?
14 What causes a stroke?
15 Why does a diet high in cholesterol increase the risk of CVD?

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Summary
l Blood has two functions in the body – transport and immunity.
l Blood consists of plasma, red cells, white cells and platelets.
l The red cells are responsible for the transport of oxygen, attached
to the red pigment haemoglobin.
l The plasma transports nutrients, hormones, carbon dioxide, salts

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and urea.
l The white cells combat infections. One type, called phagocytes,
engulfs and destroys bacteria.
l The platelets help the blood to clot.
l The heart pumps blood around the body, due to the contraction of
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its muscular walls.
l The coronary artery supplies the muscle of the heart with blood.
l The mammalian circulatory system is a double circulation, in
which blood travels through the heart twice on each circuit of
the body.
l The blood leaves the heart in arteries, flows through capillaries in
the organs, then back to the heart in veins.
l Blood travels through the heart by entering the atria, passing
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through to the ventricles, and then being pumped out into the
aorta or pulmonary artery.
l The heart has two halves. The right half deals with de-oxygenated
blood, the left half with oxygenated blood.
l The main blood vessels entering and leaving the heart are the
pulmonary artery, the aorta, the pulmonary vein and the vena
cava.
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l Valves in the heart ensure the one-way flow of blood through the
heart, in the right direction.
l Materials enter and leave the blood through the thin-walled
capillaries.
l Certain factors related to lifestyle and genetics can affect the risk
of cardiovascular disease.

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 Exam practice

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1 The stages of blood flow through the left side of the heart are shown below, but are not in the correct
order:
A The left atrium contracts.
B Blood moves through the aorta.
C Blood moves into the left atrium.
D The left ventricle contracts.
E Blood moves into the left ventricle.
F The atrioventricular valve opens.
G The semilunar valve opens.
a) Arrange the steps in the correct order. [3]
b) Which blood vessel brings blood to the left side of the heart? [1]
c) The walls of the left and right ventricles are thicker than those of the atria. Suggest a reason
for this. [2]
d) What is the purpose of the valves in the heart? [1]
2 The graphs below show data relating to blood vessels and the flow of blood around the body.

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100 5000
pressure (mm Hg)

Cross-sectional
Average blood

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area (cm2)
60 3000
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Arteries Capillaries
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Mean blood pressure
Veins
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Arteries Capillaries Veins
Total cross-sectional area of
blood vessels

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Vessel diameter (cm)

Velocity of blood
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Arteries Capillaries Veins Arteries Capillaries Veins
Diameter of blood vessels Velocity of blood flow
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Figure 4.6

a) Explain why the mean blood pressure falls as the blood travels through the circulatory  
system. [2]
b) Explain why the diameter of the capillaries is small, yet their total cross sectional area is  
very large. [1]
c) Why is it an advantage to the body that the velocity of blood flow in the capillaries is  
so low? [1]
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